From: petertrei@gmail.com   
      
   On 4/14/2025 5:35 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:   
   > Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:   
   >> The problem with color-blind casting is that the viewer doesn't   
   >> know whether the *character* is, e.g., African-American or not.   
   >   
   > I agree.  I wonder how many viewers of _Bridgerton_ have been left   
   > with the mistaken impression that George III's wife Charlotte was black.   
   >   
   > It would hardly be any more inaccurate to cast a black actor as George   
   > Washington and white actors as his slaves.   
      
   Back in the early 80s, I saw a production of Ted Tally's play "Terra   
   Nova". about the Scott Antarctic  expedition. The lead (Scott) was   
   played by an African-American actor. This was a little jarring at   
   first, but rapidly became irrelevant.   
      
   Unless the race of the character is part of the story, I don't   
   see that it matters. Oddly, in Bridgerton (I only watched the   
   first season), race is mentioned at least once.   
      
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